#lives

I think all art comes out of conflict. When I write I am always looking for the dramatic kernel of an event, the junctures of people's lives when they go in one direction, not another. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#am #another #art #comes #conflict

When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed by an independent third party - to help all those whose lives have been turned upside down by the spill. ↗

— Barack Obama

#been #billion #claims #down #enough

I am an example of what is possible when girls from the very beginning of their lives are loved and nurtured by people around them. I was surrounded by extraordinary women in my life who taught me about quiet strength and dignity. ↗

— Michelle Obama

#am #around #beginning #dignity #example

Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives. ↗

— Ellen Ochoa

#endeavor #launch #lives #most #our

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#grow #i #i can #lives #much

The poor prey on one another because their lives offer no hope and communicate the tragic message to these human beings that they have no possibility to attain a decent standard of living. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#attain #because #beings #communicate #decent

My grandmother's generation and generations before always saw beyond the horizons of their own lives and their own circumstances. They believed that opportunity created today would lead to prosperity tomorrow. ↗

— Julian Castro

#before #believed #beyond #circumstances #created

Why do other first world countries give children so many fewer vaccines than we do? Vaccines save lives, but might be harming some children. Is moderation such a terrible idea? ↗

— Jenny McCarthy

#countries #fewer #first #first world #give

With BSG, sci-fi is the human experience taken beyond the envelope. When I first became involved with the project, I knew that I would be able to play a human being for many years, exploring and reflecting on issues that would impact people's lives. ↗

— Mary McDonnell

#became #being #beyond #envelope #experience

We need to have a purpose in this life. I'm pleading with you, I'm begging with you to do the right thing. And do it not for the sake of how it will impact your own lives, but only for the sake of doing the right thing. ↗

— James McGreevey

#do the right thing #doing #doing the right thing #how #i